IPTAR Bulletin - Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research

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Latency and Adolescence
(Eight Weeks)
Keith Westerfield, Ph.D.
This course begins with the latency period and emphasizes the structural
achievements that take place when the child is no longer as burdened by the
conflict-ridden wishes and fears of the Oedipus Complex. The reactivation
of the Oedipus Complex during puberty and adolescence leads to attempts
to relinquish infantile objects and wishes in favor of contemporary objects who
can satisfy stage-specific needs. Coursework will focus on the elaboration
and modification of psychic structure in early, middle, and late adolescence.
Theoretical issues will be organized around clinical material.
II. THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY
From Symptom to Psyche: The Emergence of Psychoanalysis
(Eight Weeks)
Fredric T. Perlman, Ph.D.
This course will trace the emergence of psychoanalysis from its origins in
Freud’s early work as a neurologist to the first exposition of his general theory
of mind. Coursework will begin with a survey of the dominant paradigms
of nineteenth century medicine and neurology in which Freud was trained.
The course will then proceed to examine Freud’s efforts to understand the
nature of hysteria and other neurotic disorders, his clinical experiences
using hypnosis, his development of the free association technique, and his
discovery of the dynamic unconscious as a universal determinant of mental
life. The course will conclude with a detailed study of the topographic model
of mind presented in Chapter Seven of The Interpretation of Dreams.
The Evolution of Freud’s Libido Theory and its Applications to an
Understanding of Normal and Pathological Development
(Eight Weeks)
Elliot Kronish, Ph.D.
This course begins with an examination of Freud’s evolving ideas on the libido
theory and its implications for both normal and pathological development.
The use of the theory as applied to symptom formation, character development,
and normal mental functioning will be highlighted. The course will then turn to
Freud’s introduction of narcissism into libido theory and its relationship to
aspects of psychic functioning such as types of object choice, love, self-esteem,
the ego-ideal, and the tensions between wishful fantasy and reality. Both
healthy and pathological manifestation of narcissistic development will be discussed.
The ways in which the theory of narcissism impacted on the further
development of Freud’s theoretical models will also be considered.
The Revolution of 1919
(Eight Weeks)
Margaret Beaudoin, Ph.D. / Norbert Freedman, Ph.D. (alternating years)
This course begins with Freud’s encounter with certain kinds of difficult patients
whose conflicts led them to a "negative therapeutic reaction." It examines
how these technical as well as theoretical difficulties led Freud to new
ideas about his dual instinct theory, as well as to the conceptualization of the
structural point of view, that is in terms of id, ego, and superego, in addition to
defining the mind along topographic lines (conscious, preconscious, and unconscious).
Again, the technical implications of these revisions, especially in
dealing with sado-masochism and with severe anxiety states,will be examined.
Revisiting, Rethinking, and Continuing Change
(Eight Weeks)
Alan Bass, Ph.D.
Freud regularly sought to test his basic concepts by re-examining earlier clinical
issues. This course concludes this full-year sequence on Freud’s contributions
by examining Freud’s evaluation of his legacy in "Analysis Terminable
and Interminable" and by considering the new emphases and ideas he introduced
in late papers and in his "Outline of Psychoanalysis." These late writings
suggest many of the central issues that analysts continue to explore in the
decades following Freud’s death.
III. CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts: Clinical Seminar
(Thirty-two Weeks)
Janet Fisher, Ph.D. (1 and 11)
Carolyn Feigelson, Ph.D./Judith Lasky, Ph.D. (111 and 1V, alternating years)
This year long clinical seminar introduces candidates to basic psychoanalytic
concepts through presentation and discussion of psychotherapy cases from
their clinical practices.Topics such as free association, resistance, unconscious
fantasy, compromise formation, transference, use of countertransference,
therapeutic alliance, enactment, dreams, as well as interpretation and other
interventions (including ‘parameters’) will be explored in the context of candidate
presentations.The course will begin with a review of Freud’s writings
on technique; other readings may be assigned and discussed throughout the
year based on the needs of the group. However, this is primarily a clinical
seminar, and the main focus will be on the discussion of clinical process as it
reveals basic psychoanalytic concepts.
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